LA JOLLA, Calif. – Two-time defending conference champion and NCAA Division II Championship runner-up UC San Diego has been selected to win the 2011 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) regular season baseball title in a vote of conference coaches, it was announced on Wednesday.
The Tritons, who finished with a 54-8 record in 2010, totaled 100 points and garnered 10 first-place votes to finish ahead of Chico State in the balloting. The Wildcats collected 84 points and received one first-place vote. Cal State Dominguez Hills (81) was third in the balloting and followed by Cal State San Bernardino (69), Sonoma State (66), Cal State L.A. (56), Cal State Stanislaus (44) and Cal Poly Pomona (3). Cal State East Bay and San Francisco State tied for ninth in the voting with 24 points and Cal State Monterey Bay (17) was 11th.
In addition to being picked to win the regular season title, UC San Diego received 10 of 11 votes to claim the CCAA Championship Tournament that is scheduled for May 12-14 at Pacific’s Klein Family Field in Stockton. Sonoma State also garnered a vote to win the postseason tournament.
The Tritons will open their 2011 campaign ranked No. 2 nationally in Collegiate Baseball’s preseason poll. Southern Indiana, which defeated UC San Diego, 6-4, to claim the 2010 national championship, tops the preseason poll.
UC San Diego is one of four CCAA teams to earn preseason national rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Cal State Dominguez Hills, which is coming off a 41-20 season that included an NCAA West Region Championship berth, is ranked No. 27. Cal State San Bernardino is No. 34, following a season in which the Coyotes posted a 29-17 record and advanced to the CCAA Tournament. Chico State is one of three teams tied for 40th in the preseason poll. The Wildcats concluded the 2010 season with a 35-20 record and reached the NCAA West Regional.
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